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Sustainable Port SUSTAINABILITY REPORT OF GOTHENBURG PORT AUTHORITY 2015 SUSTAINABLE PORT GOTHENBURG PORT AUTHORITY – SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2015 2 CONTENTS The port in brief page 3 From the CEO 4 A wide range of lines and a unique location 6 About the Port of Gothenburg 7 The year 2015 8 Sustainable relations 9 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH GRI G4 Key sustainability aspects 10 Gothenburg Port Authority has published an annual sustainability report, Sustainable Port, since 2012. This is, however, the first time this report has been Our targets and results 11 conducted in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI’s) international Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (the G4 Guidelines) “Core” option. OUR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 14 IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THIS YEAR’S REPORT WILL: OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 19 • focus on the material aspects of each dimension of sustainability • be even more relevant and transparent than previous editions OUR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 25 This year’s sustainability report, which concerns the 2015 business year, has not been assured by a third party. However, it is our belief that the information Key figures 33 featured in this report meets the information requirements of GRI’s Core option. Where not otherwise specified, the information concerns Gothenburg Port Authority. GRI index 45 The GRI index in this document provides directions on where each different part of the report can be found. Explanatory notes on the measurement and calculation Summary of stakeholder dialogue 52 methods used are provided in the summary of the relevant key figures. THE PORT IN BRIEF GOTHENBURG PORT AUTHORITY – SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2015 3 The Port of Gothenburg was founded in 70% Turnover: 1620 of the Nordic countries’ industry sek 715 million The port is almost is within a 500 km radius 400 years old! 8,000 people are directly 100 % Investment in 2015: employed through the Port of Gothenburg; self-financed company, owned by the City of Gothenburg 14,000 indirectly SEK 260 MILLION goods trains to and Our rail shuttle concept The only Swedish port that from the port every day helps to reduce carbon can accommodate the world’s 70 dioxide emissions by largest container vessels 60,000 tonnes annually Number of employees: 30% of Sweden’s foreign 130 trade passes through direct connections 123 the Port of Gothenburg to the world FROM THE CEO GOTHENBURG PORT AUTHORITY – SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2015 4 Sustainable growth more important than ever In 2015 the role of the Port of Gothenburg as a global gateway for many industries received a boost thanks to the completion of a 900-metre quay, the start of construction on a new logistics park for storing imports, and the securing of a development permit for a completely new terminal in Arendal. It has never been more important that our growth is sustainable and environmentally conscious. Magnus Kårestedt, CEO, Gothenburg Port Authority The Port of Gothenburg is Scandinavia’s largest port Another trend is that more and more forestry A clear trend is the increased demand for alternative, and we have a huge responsibility to all of the compa­ companies would like to ship their products through cleaner shipping fuels. In 2015, the so­called nies that export or import through our quays. As the Gothenburg. By assembling their volumes destined “Sulphur Directive” was introduced, requiring that port grows and our range of lines increases, Swedish for other markets in Gothenburg they can reduce signi ficantly cleaner fuels be used in the North and trade and industry are also strengthened, creating their logistics costs, thanks to the range of highfrequ­ Baltic Seas. We have invested in dedicated equipment many jobs, both in Gothenburg and in towns through­ ency lines in operation here. To meet demand, for low­sulphur fuels and demand is increasing by out the country. several new transshipment terminals for paper and the day. In addition, 2015 was the first year that timber were opened over the year. vessels could load liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT We are also seeing that companies are increasingly Port of Gothenburg. This is thanks to a new regulatory Over the past year, a number of trends became interested in establishing import storage centres framework which we developed in collaboration with increasingly evident, and these are trends that we near the port. There has long been a shortage of the Port of Rotterdam. Last spring, Stena Line earned must take to heart as we develop our freight hub. logistics spaces near the Port of Gothenburg. It there­ a great deal of attention when it launched the world’s Firstly, the vessels are getting bigger. In December, fore gives me great pleasure to say that we, together first methanol­driven ferry. The shipping line DFDS we welcomed the world’s largest container vessel, with other landowners, can now offer over one million has equipped 12 of its 40 vessels with scrubbers MSC Maya, with a capacity for over 19,000 containers. square metres of land adjacent to the port. Over 2,000 which cleanse the vessels air emissions. The vessels operate between Europe and Asia and new jobs will be created in the new logistics park. In the Energy Port, there has been greater are increasing in size in order for vessel owners to demand for cleaner car fuels. At the end of the year, benefit from economies of scale. As a result, we have Over 2,000 new jobs the Swedish Minister for Energy opened Preem’s started to review whether our fairways need to be “ new facility for the production of tall oil­based deepened in order to accommodate the increasing will be created in renewable fuels. size of the vessels. the new logistics park.” FROM THE CEO GOTHENBURG PORT AUTHORITY – SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2015 5 “ By investing in different environmental measures, emissions A new 22­hectare terminal area will be created in We would also like to assume social responsibility Arendal by filling an area of one million cubic metres by working closely with universities and colleges, have been reduced to a minimum. using mud deposits and blasted rock embankments. offering degree project placements, internships and ” Reusing and building with waste creates value. summer jobs, as well as by setting social require­ ments for procurements. PORT TARIFFS FROZEN GROWING SUSTAINABLY As Scandinavia’s largest port, we have always Freight prices are at a historic low, which means that By putting sustainability issues in focus, we want been open to the world. For those refugees who our shipping customers are struggling to achieve a to create long­term conditions that will help our choose to stay here, jobs will be key to becoming a profit. Our gesture for 2015 was to freeze port tariffs. customers and partners grow together with us. part of society. In the Port of Gothenburg, over 300 In this way, we would like to set a good example in We have attracted early attention as a frontrunner companies are involved in a huge logistics puzzle. the port cluster and strengthen the shipping cluster in reducing the impact transport has on the environ­ We hope that opportunities can be found here. in the Port of Gothenburg. We also reward vessels ment. We are now looking to find an even balance As a port company, we are trying to find ways of that have a good environmental performance, between the three dimensions of the concept of attracting and using the expertise of engineers that offering a discount on the port tariff. In addition to sustainability: financial, environmental and social have recently arrived in Sweden. this, vessels that convert to liquefied natural gas responsibility. Our sustainability work is rooted in gain a further discount. our vision of being the obvious freight hub for sea A CLIMATE-NEUTRAL PORT COMPANY transport in Scandinavia, as well as in our four core In 2015, the Port of Gothenburg became a climate­ 900-METRE QUAY COMPLETE values of collaboration, sustainability, innovation neutral company. By investing in solar cells, biogas Three years ago, work started on building a new, and reliability. and district heating and other environmental measu­ 900­metre quay in the container terminal run by res, emissions have been reduced to a minimum. The APM Terminals. Last summer, the quay was ready EVERYDAY HEROES rest we compensate for by purchasing Chinese wind to welcome the seas’ largest container vessels. A few years ago we did a study which showed that power. It feels great to have achieved this – both for Thanks to the close collaboration between the Port 22,000 people worked in and with the Port of Gothen­ the sake of the environment and to give us greater of Gothenburg, the terminal operator and contractors, burg in one way or another. It is these people who credibility in our environmental work. the quay was completed three months ahead of time. keep the port in operation every day of the year: Our mission is to offer Sweden’s trade­dependent the port’s everyday heroes. 123 of them work for business and industry maritime transport to the A NEW PORT TERMINAL FOR TRAFFIC TO EUROPE Gothenburg Port Authority. It is our wish and ambi­ whole world every day. We will continue to strengthen We believe in a future growth in goods volumes tion to provide a workplace that offers development this role in 2016. travelling through the Port of Gothenburg, both and stimulation, and which encourages people to through attracting more lines and through more capitalise on new ideas. freight transport moving from land to sea. That’s why Our employees’ work environment is of the utmost it was a real pleasure when in December we were importance to us.

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